Scot Paul di Resta chose not to set a time in final qualifying and will line up 10th for Force India.
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Sharapova finally steadied herself, however, and broke Mattek for a third time in the final set to seal victory in two hours and three minutes.
The Australian was unable to replicate his earlier form in final practice where he set the fastest-ever time at the circuit of 1:29.527.
In the semi-finals, Brazil squeezed past an inspired Swedish team thanks to a single Romario goal to set up a final against fellow three-time winners Italy.
Kansas had a similar situation late against Michigan in the South Region semifinals, when a review at the scorer's table gave Jayhawks coach Bill Self extra time to set up a final shot.
The seventh seed served out to love in the final game of each set to reach the last four of the tournament for the fourth time as he bids for a first final appearance.
Schumacher, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Felipe Massa all did race and qualifying simulations on the final day of testing and the Englishman set the fastest time.
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The key moment came at 14-14 in the final set when Schiavone, who had a lengthy medical time-out at 11-10, pulled off a superb volley against her Russian opponent to earn the decisive break.
Alonso lost vital time and gave up on the lap and he could not set a quick-enough time on his final circuit to go through.
He went on to set the pace in the final and beat two-time world champion Dominic Monypenny from Australia by a second and a half to claim gold.
But pulling off a second successive win against Quins, thanks to Tame Tu'ipolutu's stoppage time try, has set up a final on Sunday week (20 March) at Franklin's Gardens against the winners of this Sunday's second semi between Gloucester and Newport Gwent Dragons.
"When you are looking at your final options, you want to set aside, for the time being, the emotional content and analyze things rationally, " says Anne Sturtevant, executive director of higher education at the College Board, provider of the SAT and Advanced Placement Program.
As the clock ticks towards curtain time, the filmmaker still doesn't have the final set-list, and is getting jittery.
Lievremont has named 11 players who are set to feature in Saturday's Heineken Cup final as three-time champions Toulouse take on Biarritz at the Stade de France in Paris.
The Tigers, who will face London Irish in the final at Twickenham on 16 May, set out determined to finish this one inside regulation time and they dominated from the opening whistle.
The withdrawal of the Super League bid has hit player morale at a crucial time, with Leeds set to meet Everton in the Premier League Cup final on 11 February.
In the final set, Coria twice broke serve to move into a 3-0 lead before Calleri broke back for the first time in the match.
English referee Howard Webb called for five minutes of stoppage time, and Borussia Dortmund hung on to set up the possibility of the first all-German final in soccer's top club competition.
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